False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bulgarian ‘вреден’
The database knows following meanings of the Bulgarian word ‘вреден’:
- harmful
- able, clever
Semasiological map for ‘*verdьnъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian ‘вреден’:
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘harmful’ is shared by Russian вредный.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘able, clever’ is shared by Macedonian вреден.
- The meaning ‘precious’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘вреден’, translated as ‘ценен’) is attested in Bosnian vrijedan, Croatian vrijedan, Serbian вредан and Slovenian vreden.
- The meaning ‘nasty, repulsive’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘вреден’, translated as ‘гаден’) is attested in Polish wredny.
- The meaning ‘insidious, deceitful’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘вреден’, translated as ‘фалшив, лукав’) is attested in Polish wredny.
- The meaning ‘hard-working’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘вреден’) is attested in Bosnian vrijedan, Croatian vrijedan and Serbian вредан.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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| Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Bulgarian вреден |
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| Bosnian vrijedan |
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| Croatian vrijedan |
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| Czech ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Polish wredny |
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| Serbian вредан |
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| Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Slovenian vreden |
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| Ukrainian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Semasiological Map for *verdьnъ
                     
*verdьnъ
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Meanings:  ‘precious’
 ‘harmful’
 ‘able, clever’
 ‘nasty, repulsive’
 ‘insidious, deceitful’
 ‘hard-working’
 no such word
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| precious | harmful | able, clever | nasty, repulsive | insidious, deceitful | hard-working | |
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| Polish wredny | + | + | ||||
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| Slovenian vreden | + | |||||
| Croatian vrijedan | + | + | ||||
| Bosnian vrijedan | + | + | ||||
| Serbian вредан | + | + | ||||
| Macedonian вреден | + | |||||
| Bulgarian вреден | + | + | ||||
| Meanings | precious | harmful | able, clever | nasty, repulsive | insidious, deceitful | hard-working |